Wagon-seat corn er-i ron



' (ModeL) A, HALLJENBEGK.

WAGON SEAT GORNE R IRON.

" No. 245.162. Patented Aug. 2,1881.

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ALEXANDER HALLENBEOK, OF OOBLESKILL, NEW YORK.

WAGON-SEAT CORNER-IRON.

SPEG IFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,162, dated August 2, 1881.

Application filed December 30, 1880. (ModeL) To all whom it may concern Be it known thatI, ALEXANDER HALLEN- BECK, of Oobleskill,in the county of Sehoharie and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Wagon Seat Corner Iron, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to prevent the opening of thejoints at the junction of the back and ends of a wagom sea The invention consists of an an gle-iron plate having an inclined end piece to fit on the bottom of the wagon-seat,andhaving arib or web extending alongits back, on each side of which, at its edge, is a flange set thereon at an angle of about forty -five degrees, the two flanges forming a V-shaped anchoring-piece that is designed to be entered into corresponding grooves in the back and ends of the seat, where they are jointed together.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device in position on a wagon-seat. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the corner-iron. Fig. 3 is a crosssection of the corner-iron .on line 00 as, Fig. 2.

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In the drawings, A represents a wagon-seat, of which a is the back,b an end, and cthe bottom. At the junction of the back aand end I) the said back aand end I) are vertically grooved, as shown at d.

13 represents the corner-iron, consisting of the front plate, f, formed into an angle to fit into the corner made by the junction of the back a and end b, and having its sides or wings extended onto said back a and end I), and there secured by screws g. The end piece, h, of said corner-iron B is of quadrantal shape and fits upon the seat 0, and is there fastened by a screw, g. The rib or web It is entered in the joint between the back a and end I), and the flangesl l are fitted intothe grooves d, as shown, so that said flanges l l extend parallel with the faces of back a and end 12 respectively, whereby said Wagonseat A is firmly held together at the corner in a strong and durable manner.

The flanges l lare cut away along theiredges, as shown at m, to detract from their weight, and at the same time to obviate the necessity of cutting grooves d of continuous width, and thereby unnecessarily weakening the said back and ends a b.

I am aware that corner-plates have been constructed so that the back ends may be dovetailed; but this makes the proper joining extremely difficult; also, that they have been constructed to necessitate a joint on the outside of seat, which is very objectionable. I construct my plates so as to have a miter-joint in the corner and to have the V-shaped iron inclose the joint, the iron entering the wood sidewise.

What I claim as new and of my invention 

